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Re: Show HN: Oblivus GPU Cloud – Affordable and scalable GPU servers from $0.29/hr

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Post by oblivuslimited »

transformi wrote: post #51

what is the differentiation from RunPod? (they have pretty much same prices but with more services..)

Hello, thank you for your question.

The main difference between our platform and theirs is that we offer fully customizable configurations. From vCPU to RAM, Disk, and GPU, you have the flexibility to customize each aspect according to your specific needs. Unlike pre-set configurations offered by other providers, our platform allows you to tailor your virtual machines to your exact requirements.

Re: Show HN: Oblivus GPU Cloud – Affordable and scalable GPU servers from $0.29/hr

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Post by moralestapia »

late2part wrote: post #53
moralestapia wrote: post #37

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Aside from being green and that, why would a consumer care about a leased processor's performance per watt?

Given a relative amount of benefit, with a ratio of Watts/Benefit, a lower ratio of Watts/Benefit should cost less to the consumer. So the consumer would care because the service is lower cost.

I'm truly confused by your argument and @pjlegato's ...

It's more expensive to rent a GPU than to buy it.

This whole comment thread started because GP wrote:

>Remember retail GPUs are much more powerful, much cheaper and much more available than cloud GPUs.

So, still, why would a consumer care about performance per watt?

Re: Show HN: Oblivus GPU Cloud – Affordable and scalable GPU servers from $0.29/hr

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Post by nordsieck »

ReDeiPirati wrote: post #54
oblivuslimited wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Engaging in self-promotion without taking the time to understand the context is not helpful. Moreover, the estimated cost of approximately $800 per month would still apply, which may not be within the desired budget.

what do you mean with "the estimated cost of approximately $800 per month"?

> what do you mean with "the estimated cost of approximately $800 per month"?

Presumably they mean

$1.1/hr * 24hr/day * 30day/month = $792/month

Re: Show HN: Oblivus GPU Cloud – Affordable and scalable GPU servers from $0.29/hr

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Post by tehsauce »

raphaelj wrote: post #25

Still pretty expensive IMO. I'm building a GPU accelerated signal processing web-app, and I'm currently planning to deploy it on a $180 Nvidia Jetson. Performances are a little bit low, but mostly enough to make the app usable. I tried to find GPU instances for Does anybody know cheaper GPU instances? I don't need much computing power, about 0.5Tflops to 1TFlops

On vast.ai I rent 3090s for $0.12 an hour. Nothing comes close in price.

Re: Show HN: Oblivus GPU Cloud – Affordable and scalable GPU servers from $0.29/hr

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Post by jayonsoftware »

Can I put an instance to sleep and just pay for the storage ?Could not find the info on your site.

Also for Windows instance, what do people use to connect. RDP seems slow. My primary use case is software development trying to learn CUDA programing.

Re: Show HN: Oblivus GPU Cloud – Affordable and scalable GPU servers from $0.29/hr

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Post by williamstein »

yanslookup wrote: post #52
oblivuslimited wrote: post #41

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thank you for your question! Firstly, unlike AWS, GCP, or Azure, there are no restrictions on the number of GPUs you can deploy with us. As long as you have sufficient account balance, you can deploy hundreds of GPUs simultaneously. In terms of availability, we maintain a diverse range of resources from various vendors in our on-demand stock. While we have our own infrastructure, we also leverage infrastructure from…

> you can deploy hundreds of GPUs simultaneously. > with over 2600 of them available for deployment. guessing you mean 2600 in total. FWIW we ran a workload recently on AWS that required a few thousand g4 instances in a single AWS region. We ended up scavenging and using g3s as well due to capacity constraints.

I think they mean that almost 2600 are literally available right now for you to rent - or if you requested them, then you would get them right now, and then there would - for a while - be 0 that are available, because you have them all.

Re: Show HN: Oblivus GPU Cloud – Affordable and scalable GPU servers from $0.29/hr

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Post by oblivuslimited »

tehsauce wrote: post #64
raphaelj wrote: post #25

Still pretty expensive IMO. I'm building a GPU accelerated signal processing web-app, and I'm currently planning to deploy it on a $180 Nvidia Jetson. Performances are a little bit low, but mostly enough to make the app usable. I tried to find GPU instances for Does anybody know cheaper GPU instances? I don't need much computing power, about 0.5Tflops to 1TFlops

On vast.ai I rent 3090s for $0.12 an hour. Nothing comes close in price.

They operate a model known as a "marketplace" or "community" cloud. Unlike us, they utilize servers hosted by individuals in their homes. This is something completely different.

While they may offer lower prices, the infrastructure may have limitations in terms of reliability, scalability, and security compared to data center-based providers. Additionally, the performance and availability of the services vary depending on the hosts' hardware and internet connection.

Re: Show HN: Oblivus GPU Cloud – Affordable and scalable GPU servers from $0.29/hr

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Post by oblivuslimited »

jayonsoftware wrote: post #65

Can I put an instance to sleep and just pay for the storage ?Could not find the info on your site. Also for Windows instance, what do people use to connect. RDP seems slow. My primary use case is software development trying to learn CUDA programing.

Hello, thank you for your questions!

At the moment, when you shut down a server, you are only billed for the storage and the IP address associated with it. However, we are working on implementing a feature in the near future that will allow you to detach the IP address, enabling you to pay solely for the storage usage.

Regarding Windows servers, the default software for remote access is RDP. However, you have the freedom to install and use any other remote access software of your choice on our platform.

Hope this clarifies things for you!

Re: Show HN: Oblivus GPU Cloud – Affordable and scalable GPU servers from $0.29/hr

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Post by oblivuslimited »

coleca wrote: post #69

I always thought there were license restrictions from Nvidia preventing the use of their consumer grade GPUs in datacenters / cloud environments. Is this not the case?

Hello, thank you for the question!

To clarify, we don't offer any consumer cards (RTX 3080, RTX 4090, etc) mentioned in the thread. Instead, we provide professional cards from the RTX Series such as the RTX 4000 and RTX 5000.

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